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All in all, Hampton Roads baseball fans hope their major-league contingent will see better days than they have in the first third of the 2014 season. Michael Cuddyer has a fractured shoulder. Ryan Zimmerman missed much of the lineup with a hand injury, and when he returned, the Washington Nationals had moved him from third base to left field. B.J. Upton is still slumping. David Wright has been up and down. But there's a long way to go. Player, Level, Team, Org., Pos., Avg., G, AB, R, H, HR, RBI, OPS; Jake Cave, Advanced A, Tampa (Fla.), Yankees, OF, .299, 64, 268, 31, 80, 2, 17, .745; *Michael Cuddyer, MLB, Colorado, Rockies, RF/1B, ,317, 31, 120, 16, 38, 5, 16, .866; Ben Guez,...

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All in all, Hampton Roads baseball fans hope their major-league contingent will see better days than they have in the first third of the 2014 season.
Michael Cuddyer has a fractured shoulder. Ryan Zimmerman missed much of the lineup with a hand injury,...

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